Thread: 53 Is back from the Body Shop
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09-24-2018 11:27 AM #1
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Hey, at least you've been driving it! This summer has been weird for weather. This fall should be good driving like you said. Now if those pesky mosquitoes would just go away! I may have to come up to your area to have the Camaro dyno tuned. If it happens on a weekend I'll let you know.
.Ryan
1940 Ford Deluxe Tudor 354 Hemi 46RH Electric Blue w/multi-color flames, Ford 9" Residing in multiple pieces
1968 Corvette Coupe 5.9 Cummins Drag Car 11.43@130mph No stall leaving the line with 1250 rpm's and poor 2.2 60'
1972 Chevy K30 Longhorn P-pumped 24v Compound Turbos 47RH Just another money pit
1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR Stage 3 cam, SuperT10
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09-29-2018 04:23 AM #2
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10-02-2018 07:16 PM #3
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Ryan
1940 Ford Deluxe Tudor 354 Hemi 46RH Electric Blue w/multi-color flames, Ford 9" Residing in multiple pieces
1968 Corvette Coupe 5.9 Cummins Drag Car 11.43@130mph No stall leaving the line with 1250 rpm's and poor 2.2 60'
1972 Chevy K30 Longhorn P-pumped 24v Compound Turbos 47RH Just another money pit
1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR Stage 3 cam, SuperT10
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09-27-2018 10:17 AM #4
There's a couple wheel dynos buy me. There's one in Tea South Dakota which is right by Sioux Falls, and Schwanke Motors in Minnesota has one. They do a lot of Ls Motors. And an update on how much I drove Rita this year, turns out I only put a thousand on so far, the odometer reads 4200Seth
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09-29-2018 04:22 AM #5
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09-27-2018 02:23 PM #6
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I'll be taking it to Excessive Autosports in Sioux Falls, SD. I have some friends that have taken their cars their and he knows what he's doing. I've heard too many bad things about the ones local and they charge way too much.
.Ryan
1940 Ford Deluxe Tudor 354 Hemi 46RH Electric Blue w/multi-color flames, Ford 9" Residing in multiple pieces
1968 Corvette Coupe 5.9 Cummins Drag Car 11.43@130mph No stall leaving the line with 1250 rpm's and poor 2.2 60'
1972 Chevy K30 Longhorn P-pumped 24v Compound Turbos 47RH Just another money pit
1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR Stage 3 cam, SuperT10
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09-27-2018 07:06 PM #7
That's the one I was thinking of by Tea, I thought they would have a Tea address because they are right across the interstate from there. It's kinda ironic because I talked to them about if it was a good idea or possible to build a reliable 5.3 to 400 hp at the rear wheels. I used to own a 71 RS that I was going to do an LS swap inHe was super helpful and not a rush to get me off the phone answering any questions I had.
Seth
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09-28-2018 02:55 PM #8
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Well, sometime we'll see what a 5.3 with a BTR stage 3 truck cam and a 4 speed will do.In trucks with autos they seem to be around 340hp or so to the rear tires.
.Ryan
1940 Ford Deluxe Tudor 354 Hemi 46RH Electric Blue w/multi-color flames, Ford 9" Residing in multiple pieces
1968 Corvette Coupe 5.9 Cummins Drag Car 11.43@130mph No stall leaving the line with 1250 rpm's and poor 2.2 60'
1972 Chevy K30 Longhorn P-pumped 24v Compound Turbos 47RH Just another money pit
1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR Stage 3 cam, SuperT10
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10-03-2018 06:00 PM #9
Exciting build
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07-10-2019 08:01 PM #10
I had to put an outside antenna back on Rita. I filled the original hole when I was doing the body work on it thinking it was the dumbest place possible that anyone could put an antenna. Little did I know then that it really is the only spot where you can put one because the hood will break it off when it opens if it's any further forward and if it's on the passenger side, it will be in the way of the rear side mirror. I learned that the hidden antenna is a joke and I mounted one underneath the pickup and it was better but still awful. I found a template on where to drill the hole and when I was just about done drilling I heard my backing plate that I used to weld up the hole fall down. I got the hole in the exact same place as the original so I was happy, and I can pick up stations like XM Radio now!Seth
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. C.S.Lewis
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07-10-2019 08:03 PM #11
A couple more pics, It's about as close to the hood as you would want to get!Seth
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. C.S.Lewis
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08-22-2019 04:46 PM #12
Dressed up Rita's engine compartment a bit today. I took the old Thriftmaster 235 sticker they used on the 54 Chevys and went in a different route with it. He made the stickers maybe a little bit larger than I thought they would be but I still like it.Seth
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. C.S.Lewis
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08-22-2019 06:18 PM #13
Nice! Great color choice.1 Corinthians 1:27
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08-22-2019 06:36 PM #14
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08-23-2019 07:41 AM #15
Engine looks very clean.
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